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Period: 750 BCE to 100
Greek Period
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Period: 300 to 1450
Medieval Period
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1026
Guido of Arezzo Writes Micrologus
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Period: 1098 to 1179
Hildegard of Bingen
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1320
Ars Nova Treatise
Introduced isorhythm —repeating rhythmic and melodic units (talea and color, respectively) within a piece of music. -
Period: 1450 to
Renaissance Period
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1529
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (Martin Luther)
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1538
Il Bianco e Dolce Cigno (Jacques Arcadelt)
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1567
Pope Marcellus Mass - Second Book of Masses, Palestrina
As legend goes, this mass for six voices was composed to convince the Council of Trent that polyphonic settings could still be clearly understood and worshipful—thereby saving polyphonic music in the Catholic church. -
1580
Victoria Missa O Magnum Mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
Late Spanish Renaissance Mass -
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Baroque Period
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Classical Period
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Franz Joseph Haydn
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Joseph Bologne Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges serves as music director of the Concert des Amateurs
Joseph Bologne was the first famous composer and performer of color and was recognized as the most accomplished man in Europe by John Adams. -
Premier of Mozart's opera, Don Giovanni
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Debut of Haydn's "Surprise Symphony"